142: The GOP's Anti-Muslim Midterm Strategy feat. Wajahat Ali

<p>In March, Rep. Andy Ogles declared that Muslims didn&#39;t belong in American society. Since then, the broader GOP has leaned harder and harder into anti-Muslim scapegoating, using the same playbook they used to fear monger about transgender people in 2022 and migrant &quot;caravans&quot; in 2018.</p><p><br></p><p>Jared and Mike are joined by <strong>Wajahat Ali</strong> to discuss the surge of anti-Muslim bigotry in US politics, JD Vance&#39;s obsession with Abdul El-Sayed, an ADL-sponsored event where a speaker said Muslims should leave America go back to their &quot;shithole countries,&quot; and more.</p><p><br></p><p>American Muslims are posting historic political gains, seen in Zohran Mamdani&#39;s mayoral election and Abdul El-Sayed&#39;s campaign for US Senate in Michigan. Can broadcasting photos of Hasan Piker flexing in his underwear stop it? It seems the GOP is eager to find out.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links for Wajahat:</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://thelefthook.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Left Hook</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/39tGhaWpJ5qZmZHWfZPw20" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Democracy-ish Podcast</a></p></li><li><p>X: <a href="https://x.com/WajahatAli" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@WajahatAli</a> / BlueSky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/wajali.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">@wajali.bsky.social</a></p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Other Links:</strong></p><ul><li><p>&#39;FEMDOM&#39; Shirts: <a href="https://www.rayguncustom.com/collections/posting-through-it/products/posting-thru-it-femdom-shirt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Order Here</a></p></li><li><p>Join us at NYU on Oct. 28: <a href="https://ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-talk-michael-edison-hayden-christopher-mathias-strange-people-on-the-hill-how-extremism-tore-apart-a-small-american-town-to-catch-a-fascist-the-fight-to-expose-the-radical-right/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">RSVP Here</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>Transition Music:</strong> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x05eqKinsSc&list=PLljvFmDhqQ3dC9hG6n5vdmWdJ3LqzfBvg&index=3" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>“The Bottom Line” by Smokescreen</strong></a></p>